Terms and Conditions

Subscriber Agreement

The following provisions govern your access to and
use of the Abmsdirectory Web Site ("Web Site"), a service made
available to you as a Web Site subscriber ("Subscriber") by Elsevier
Inc. ("Provider"). In order to access and use the
Web Site and all information and content, including data from The
Official ABMS Directory of Board Certified Medical Specialists™
database, (collectively, "Content") provided on or through
the Web Site, Subscriber agrees to the following terms and conditions:

BINDING TERMS AND CHANGES

By becoming a Subscriber, completing the online registration process,
and clicking the "Accept" button, and accessing and using
the Web Site, you are indicating that you agree to be bound by all
of the terms and conditions set forth in this Subscriber Agreement
without limitation or qualification.

Provider may change the terms in this Subscriber Agreement. When
the terms are changed, Provider will notify you by e-mail or online
postings. If you do not agree to the changes, you may cancel your
subscription to the Web Site. Your continued use of the service
shall be construed as your acceptance of the updated agreement terms.

Provider may change the fees charged for the service. When fees
are changed, Provider will notify you by e-mail or online postings.
The fee options available to you will be presented within the service.
In order to continue your access to the service you will need to
select one of the available fee options. If you do not select one
of these options, your subscription to the Web Site will be terminated
at the end of the subscription term then in effect. If your subscription
is paid by an organization on your behalf, ("Sponsoring Organization"),
you will have the option to continue your subscription under the
prevailing terms of such sponsorship.

USE OF SUBSCRIBER INFORMATION

By entering into this Subscriber Agreement, you also are agreeing
that Provider may store the information you provided as part of the
registration process and use aggregate statistical information about
our subscribers in marketing its services. No one other than Provider
will receive your name, address, phone number, e-mail address, or
other specific personal identifying information, without your express
prior consent.

COPYRIGHTS AND LIMITATIONS ON USE

Provider grants to its Subscribers a non-transferable, non-exclusive
right and revocable license to access and use the Web Site and any
Content provided on or through the Web Site according to the terms
and conditions set forth in this Subscriber Agreement. The Content
on the Web Site and compilation is Copyright 2009 Elsevier
Inc. and American Board of Medical Specialties and is protected by
copyright and other intellectual property laws. The trademarks, logos,
and service marks (collectively, "Trademarks") displayed
on the Web Site are registered and unregistered Trademarks of Provider,
American Board of Medical Specialties and/or others. Except as expressly
granted by this Subscriber Agreement, you acquire no right, title
or license in or to the Trademarks, Web Site or the Content on the
Web Site.

You may not reproduce, retransmit, store, distribute, publish, broadcast,
circulate, resell, re-license or otherwise disseminate the Content
in any medium to any other person or entity, including but not limited
to others in the same company or organization, or change, alter, modify,
or adapt the Content, including but not limited to decompiling, reverse
engineering, disassembling, or creating derivative works from the
Web Site. You may not use the facilities and/or services of the Web
Site to publish or distribute any information (including software
or other content) which is illegal, which violates or infringes upon
the rights of any other person, which would be abusive, profane, pornographic,
or sexually offensive to an average person, or which contains errors.
Provider may at any time exercise editorial control over the content
of any information that is distributed through its facilities and/or
services. You may not, without the express prior written permission
of Provider, use its facilities and/or services to publish or distribute
any advertising, promotional material, or solicitation to other subscribers
to use any goods or services. For example, you may not use the facilities
and/or services of the Web Site to conduct any business, to solicit
the performance of any activity that is prohibited by law, or to solicit
other subscribers to become subscribers of other information services.
Similarly, you may not use the facilities and/or services the Web
Site to download and redistribute public information or shareware
for personal gain or use the facilities and/or services to distribute
multiple copies of public domain information or shareware.

Subscribers are not permitted to download excessive portions of the
Web Site's Content. The use of robots and all automated downloading
programs are prohibited. Provider shall take all reasonable steps
to cease such excessive and unauthorized activity and to prevent any
recurrence thereof, including terminating your access to the Web Site.

FEES AND PAYMENTS

You agree to pay all charges (which are not paid by a Sponsoring Organization
on your behalf) incurred in connection with your user name and password
for the Web Site (including any applicable taxes) at the rates in
effect when the charges were incurred.

All charges incurred in connection with your user name and password
(which are not paid by a Sponsoring Organization on your behalf) will
be billed to the credit card you designate. PROVIDER SHALL NOT BE
LIABLE FOR ANY AMOUNTS BILLED TO YOUR CREDIT CARD BY A THIRD PARTY,
WHICH WERE NOT AUTHORIZED BY YOU.

You also are responsible for any charges incurred to access the Web
Site, such as telephone and other equipment charges, and fees charged
by an Internet access provider or other third party service. You are
also responsible for any applicable taxes relating to your use of
the services.

By entering into this Subscriber Agreement, you acknowledge that the
Web Site's services are for your exclusive use only. Use or sharing
of passwords by non-subscribers is prohibited. Failure to comply will
result in immediate suspension of your account.

DISCLAIMER
OF WARRANTIES AND LIABILITY

THE WEB STIE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS. PROVIDER AND ITS AFFILIATES,
AGENTS AND LICENSORS CANNOT AND DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, CURRENTNESS, NONINFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE OF THE WEB SITE OR THE CONTENT OR ANY OTHER INFORMATION ON
OR AVAILABLE THROUGH THE WEB SITE. NEITHER PROVIDER NOR ANY OF ITS
AFFILIATES, AGENTS OR LICENSORS SHALL BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANYONE ELSE
FOR ANY LOSS OR INJURY, CAUSED IN WHOLE OR PART BY ITS NEGLIGENCE
OR CONTINGENCIES BEYOND ITS CONTROL IN PROCURING, COMPILING, INTERPRETING,
REPORTING OR DELIVERING THE CONTENT AND ANY OTHER INFORMATION ON OR
THROUGH THE WEB SITE. IN NO EVENT WILL PROVIDER, ITS AFFILIATES, AGENTS
OR LICENSORS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANYONE ELSE FOR ANY DECISION MADE
OR ACTION TAKEN BY YOU IN RELIANCE ON SUCH INFORMATION. PROVIDER AND
ITS AFFILIATES, AGENTS AND LICENSORS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR
ANYONE ELSE FOR ANY DAMAGES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, CONSEQUENTIAL,
SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, OR SIMILAR DAMAGES) EVEN IF ADVISED
OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. TO THE EXTENT THAT THIS LIMITATION
OF LIABILITY IS PROHIBITED, YOU AGREE THAT THE LIABILITY OF PROVIDER,
ITS AFFILIATES, AGENTS AND LICENSORS, IF ANY, ARISING OUT OF ANY KIND
OF LEGAL CLAIM (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) IN ANY WAY
CONNECTED WITH THE WEB SITE, CONTENT OR ANY OTHER INFORMATION PROVIDED
BY PROVIDER SHALL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT YOU PAID TO PROVIDER FOR THE
INFORMATION.

SYSTEMS RELIABILITY AND
FORCE MAJEURE

Provider will make every effort to keep its services available 24
hours a day, seven (7) days a week and to maintain saved information.
However, due to technical failures, acts of God or routine maintenance,
availability may be limited and/or information may be lost. Provider
shall not be liable for lost information or non-availability of the
services.

Except as to payment obligations, neither party shall be liable or
considered in default under this Subscriber Agreement when the delay
of performance is caused by circumstances beyond its reasonable control
and occurring without its fault or negligence, including failure of
suppliers, licensors, subcontractors, and carriers, acts of civil
or military authorities, national emergencies, fire, flood, acts of
God, insurrection, and war, provided the party involving this Section
immediately provides notice thereof to the other and does everything
reasonably possible to resume its performance thereunder.

TERMINATION AND GENERAL PROVISIONS

Your subscription will continue until terminated by Provider at any
time for any reason or until you notify Provider by telephone, electronic
mail, or via means provided within the service of your decision to
terminate your subscription. Provider may discontinue or change its
services, or its availability to you, at any time, and you may always
terminate your subscription at any time. This Subscriber Agreement
is personal to you, and you may not assign your rights or obligations
to anyone.

Subscribers who use foul language, communicate inappropriately, download
material for any use other than personal, fail to pay or attempt to
subvert the Web Site system and/or services shall have their accounts
terminated without compensation.

Neither failure or delay on the part of any party to exercise any
right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder nor course of dealing
between the parties shall operate as a waiver thereof, or of the exercise
of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. No term of this Subscriber
Agreement shall be deemed waived, and no breach consented to, unless
such waiver or consent shall be in writing and signed by the party
claimed to have waived or consented. No waiver of any rights or consent
to any breaches shall constitute a waiver of any other rights or consent
to any other breach.

If any provision in this Subscriber Agreement is held invalid or unenforceable
under applicable law, the remaining provisions shall continue in full
force and effect. This Subscriber Agreement, your rights and obligations,
and all actions contemplated by this Subscriber Agreement shall be
governed by the laws of the United States of America and the State
of Missouri, as if the Agreement was a contract wholly entered into
and wholly performed within Missouri. This Subscriber Agreement will
not be governed by the United Nations Convention on Contracts for
the International Sale of Goods.